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Research handbook on the WTO and technical barriers to trade / edited by Tracey Epps, Michael J. Trebilcock.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research Handbooks on the WTO Series
- Research handbooks on the WTO
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World Trade Organization.
- Non-tariff trade barriers.
- International trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (614 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A relatively new frontier for legal and policy analysis, technical barriers to trade (TBT's) have become more common as traditional border barriers have been reduced. This comprehensive Handbook comprises original essays by eminent trade scholars exploring the implications of the WTO's TBT Agreement. The TBT Agreement imposes disciplines on the manner in which WTO member countries adopt and maintain technical measures, recognizing the importance of such measures to advance legitimate domestic policy goals such as health, safety and environmental objectives, but also the potential for technical
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. The TBT Agreement in context; 3. Conformity assessment procedures; 4. Transparency obligations under the TBT Agreement; 5. Standard of review in TBT cases; 6. Moving out of the shadows: Bringing transparency to standards and regulations in the WTO's TBT Committee; 7. International standards; 8. Mutual Recognition Agreements and Equivalence Agreements; 9. The limits of PTAs: WTO legalr estrictions on the use of WTO-plus technical regulations in PTAs; 10. The TBT Agreement and developing countries
- 11. Contemporary problems of climate change and the TBT Agreement: Moving beyond eco-labelling12. The REACH Regulation and the TBT Agreement: The role of the TBT Committee in regulatory processes; 13. Consumer information, consumer preferences and product labels under the TBT Agreement; 14. The TBT Agreement and private standards; 15. Technical barriers to trade in information and communication technologies; 16. Conclusion; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-85793-672-7
- OCLC:
- 865331464
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